Device for polishing boots or shoes.



No. 667,|57. Patented Mn. 29, I90l.

F. P. SMITH. DEVICE FOR POLISHING BOOTS OB SHOES.

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NITED STATES FRANK P. SMITH, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

DEVICE FOR POLISHING BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,157, dated January29, 1901.

Application filed July 26, 1900. Serial No. 24,868. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK P. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 308 Washington street, in the city of Camden, in thecounty of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Devices for Polishing Boots or Shoes of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a device by means of which boots or shoes may bepolished with a cloth or rag; and in such connection the i11- ventionconsists in the combination and arrangement of parts constitutingsuchadevice, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood fromthe following description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevationalview of a device embodying main features of my invention with a boot orshoe shown in position thereon and polishing-cloth arranged inconnection therewith for effecting the polishing operation of the bootor shoe. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the device of my saidinvention, and Fig. 3 is a front end view of the same.

Referring to the drawings, 0. represents a block or footboard, of woodor the like, upon which the sole and heel of the shoe 1) are adapted torest when the shoe is to be polished. The sides of this block a areprovided with the wires d and (1, each of which projects parallel withthe sides of the block and have turned-in ends (:1 adapted to enter theblock to secure the wires to the sides of the said block. The front endof the block a is provided with a recess or throat 6, with overlappingends e and e into which opening or throat the box), containing thepolishing substance or material, is adapted to be inserted anddetachably held. A fiat strip of cloth or suitable fabric h is passedunder the wires (1 and d and over the boot or shoe and when in positionis drawn rapidly back and forth upon the wires and boot or shoe topolish the same.

Having thus described the nature and object of myinvention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A boot and shoe polishing device, comprising a foot block or boardhaving its forward end cut away to form a recess to detachably hold abox adapted to contain a polishing substance and wires secured to bothsides of said block or board and projecting beyond said sides so as topermit of a strip of cloth or other suitable fabric being passed undersaid wires and over the boot or shoe, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscrib-- ing witnesses.

FRANK P. SMITH. Witnesses:

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THOMAS M. SMITH.

